Equipment Guide

This section is designed to help divers to choose the right equipment from the beginning. Recomendations are based on personal expirience from ISE´s´Team and not based on manufaturer contracts. While ISE is in fact connected with some manufactures (testing / developing for them) these cooperations are initialized from the ISE side after we have been have with certain products.

Points Of Quality

Equipment Recommended

Alternatives

The Backplate is the backbone of the System and builds the (stable) conection between the diver and the Tank Assembly. It should be of Stainles Steel or in some cases Aluminium. A one-piece webbing with 3 D-Rings is closed on the Waist strap with a weight belt buckle. A separate crotch strap with 2 more D-Rings completes the System. If used in open water the plate needs a soc. Storage pack to store the lift bag.

Backplate with webbing and storage pack from Tecline

Tecline

Hollis

Halcyon

Dir-ZONE

Etc.

Wings should be of reasnabel lift c apacity (22 Liters are sufficient for almost every kit. Dual bladder design – inner and out shell from heavy cordura or ballistic Nylon. Innerbladder accessable thru zipper. 35” corrugated hose with high volune inflator. No pull dump. Hose attachment in the middle of the wing. One emergency dump on the left inside without the little plastic ball.

Wing for Doubles – from Tecline

Tecline

Hollis

Halcyon

DIR-ZONE

etc

Same as for doubles but Hose connection needs to be off center to not interfere with the shoulder of the tank.

Wing for Singletanks from Tecline.

Tecline

Hollis

Halcyon

DIR-ZONE

etc

Piece of stainless Steel bolted behind the wing and featured with to cam straps to hold the single tank. Flat design is preferred to keep the tank as close to the diver as possible and to prevent rolling.

Singletank adapter

DIR-ZONE

TECLINE

Trim Weight Pockets are simple Cordura Poket with Velcro and additional Buckle to mount lead on the camstraps on single tanks

Plenty of Systems on the market, all of them with advantages and disadvantages depending on a variet of circumstances. Solid sytems are available from Scubapro, Hollis, Tecline, to name just a few.

DIRZONE, SEAC, Subgeaar, Toddystyle Sandwich a.s.o.

Very compact and solid. Second stage needs good attachment point for double ender, cap removable without tools

R2TEC 2 x 1m hoses

Apeks Tek3

6cft or 14 cft LP out of Aluminium with single Valve and rubber Knob. DIN – No Burst Disc

local law and availability rules

n/a

Cam starp for Plate with Bungee on bottom or 2 staprs for the 14 cft for tank mounting

DIRZONE

Halcyon

Piston – 6 Bar IMP – 2 outlets – one for hose and one for OPV.

DIRZONE

various as long as they have the specs

Brass with mineral Glas – no gimmicks like thermometer, etc. Easy to read

Scubapro

Halcyon, DIRZONE - come from the same factory anyway

Easy to read. Stopp watch function. Intermediate Depth.

Computer from DEEPBLU Cosmiq+ in Gauge Mode

COSMIQ+UwatecReefSuunto

Easy to read, flat design

Kompass SK6 from Suunto

Scubapro FS-2

PERFECT fit. Seams sealed. The less zippers the better. Ultra stretch neoprene. Inside with Titanium. Seals on arms and feet. Not thicker than 5mm.

Wetsuit from Fourth Element

Scubapro Everflex

Trilaminate with diagonal Front Zipper. Teleskope Torso. Two leg pokets with Velcro and additional small pocket on top. Pee Valve. No “Boots” or even worse “Rock-Boots”. Socks with attached sole for ultimate ankle movement. Silicone Seals. Made to measure for most figures as alomost every suit is way to wide when bought from stock.

Difficult for a long time - but finally there is the perfect suit: Black Pearl Drysuits

As bright as possible with either a focusable beam or a fixed spot (6°) . For technical dives a canister design is preferred – for all other kind of dives a non canister design is fine as well. Riggid Goodman handle. LED is the standard meanwhile - 1500 Lumen should be he min. Burntime appropriate for dive. Attachment point for temporary storage with Bungeeloop and fixed Boltsnap for permanent storage.

Ammonite Systems.

HOLLIS LED 25

Halcyon

As bright as possible with either a focusable beam or a fixed spot (6°) . Forsidemountl dives ano-cable design is preferred. Riggid Goodman handle. LED. Burntime appropriate for dive. Attachment point for temporary storage with Bungeeloop and fixed Boltsnap for permanent storage.

ISE ALien Light

some

Simple design without switch. On/Off thru Bezel. LED Design with as long as possible burntimes. Batteries – no recharchables